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a unit for measuring liquid. In the UK, Canada and other countries it is equal to about 4.5 litres; in the US it is equal to about 3.8 litres. There are four quarts in a gallon. 加仑(液量单位,在英国、加拿大及其他一些国家约等于 4.5 升,在美国约等于 3.8 升,一加仑为四夸脱) The tankers carried 130 000 gallons of fuel. 这些油轮装载了13万加仑的燃料。
Word OriginMiddle English: from Anglo-Norman French galon, from the base of medieval Latin galleta, galletum ‘pail, liquid measure’, perhaps of Celtic origin.